APA Dictionary of Psychology

neurocontrol

Updated on 04/19/2018

the control of electronic devices by energy transformed from neural output. Such devices have been developed for the use of people with paralysis or other severe impairments of bodily function. See bioengineering.
more generally, any method of controlling an automated system or device that is modeled on the neuronal architecture in human beings. Such methods have been developed in advanced robotics and in such high-tech applications as spacecraft navigation.

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